CONCERT ORCHESTRA Concert Orchestra Is Offered to All Students, Grades 9 – 12, Who Currently Play an Orchestral Instrument; Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass
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CONCERT ORCHESTRA Concert Orchestra is offered to all students, grades 9 – 12, who currently play an orchestral instrument; violin, viola, cello, bass. Students taking this class will work individually and collaboratively to improve ensemble rehearsal and performance techniques, instrumental techniques, music literacy and musicianship. As performance based classes, all orchestras with the exception of extension courses will progress through a 4 block Repertoire Cycle in which in-depth study on designated time periods and genres will be emphasized. All orchestras will be on the same block each year to ensure that students will have studied and performed all time periods and genres after four years regardless of ensemble. Concert Orchestra is a full year course that meets twice in each four day rotation and includes one small group lesson per rotation in which individual string skills will be developed. Lessons will take place during the school day with the orchestra director or other FPS music teacher specializing in orchestra. Lessons will be scheduled in homogeneous instrument groups of no larger than three students at the same skill level. Students may choose to fulfill their orchestra lesson requirement by taking weekly private lessons with a qualified instructor outside of school at their own expense. Students who participate in weekly private lessons are required to have their private teacher complete the private lesson progress form and return it to their orchestra director regularly. Participation in all scheduled rehearsals, concerts and other performing events as listed in the Orchestra Handbook are required. Adherence to department policies including the Code of Ethics and performance dress code is also required. Course Overview All students in the Fairfield Orchestra Program progress Course Goals Artistic Processes through an Ensemble Sequence and instrument specific Students will have the ability to • Create Skill Levels. understand and engage with music in a • Perform number of different ways, including the • Respond Fairfield’s Orchestra Program Ensemble Sequence creative, responsive and performative • Connect artistic processes. They will have the Grade/Course Instrument Ensemble ability to perform music in a manner that Anchor Standards Skill Level Sequence Marker illustrates careful preparation and reflects • Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work th 4 Grade Orchestra I Novice an understanding and interpretation of the for presentation. th 5 Grade Orchestra II Novice selection. They will be musically • Develop and refine artistic techniques and 6th Grade Orchestra III Intermediate literate. work for presentation. 7th Grade Orchestra IV Intermediate 8th Grade Orchestra V Proficient • Convey meaning through the presentation Students will be artistically literate: they of artistic work. Concert Orchestra VI Accomplished will have the knowledge and • Perceive and analyze artistic work. Symphonic Advanced understanding required to participate VII Orchestra authentically in the arts. They will have • Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. Chamber Orchestra *Extension Advanced+ the ability to transfer arts knowledge, Course skills, experiences and capacities and • Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work. make connections to other subjects and settings to promote and enhance lifelong • Synthesize and relate knowledge and learning. personal experiences to make art. • Relate artistic ideas and works with Ensemble Goals societal, cultural, and historical context to 1. Conveying Ideas: each student deepen understanding. effectively and musically demonstrates ensemble performance techniques including responding to conductor’s cues and adjusting balance and blend in formal concert settings. 2. Communicating and Collaborating: each student participates in the group, taking individual responsibility for using strategies that effectively fulfill ensemble purpose and goals. 3. Creating and Constructing: student constructs an original composition or phrase, rhythmic or melodic, from the synthesis of existing ideas and information and can explain his/her individual creative process. 4. Exploring and Understanding: Student analyzes key issues and develops a detailed plan sufficient to address the task, independently creates and follows appropriate practice strategies to maximize time and effort. 5. Adhere to proper performance etiquette, concert dress, response to audience, and behavior when not engaged in active performance. Small Group Lesson Goals 1. Complete Skill Level VI of the Fairfield Public School orchestra program.. 2. Demonstrate proper care and maintenance of their instrument. Summary Ensemble Skill Objectives Summary Small Group Lesson Skill Assessments Used in all Summary Objectives for all students Objectives regardless of instrument. Ensemble Assessments Fairfield Skill Level VI • Ensemble Performances Skill Level VI • Concert Evaluation Students will: Students will: • District-wide Mid-Year Assessment • Identify, enumerate and perform the following • Master range, tone production, • District-wide Final Assessment rhythms in simple meter: eighth/sixteenth shifting, articulation, phrasing, major, • Ensemble Rehearsal Skills Rubric note/rest combinations, dotted quarter/eighth minor and chromatic scales in note/rest combinations, syncopation, quarter and accordance with Fairfield Skill Level Small Group Lesson Assessments eighth note triplets VI. • Weekly Lesson Rubric • Identify, enumerate and perform the following • Evaluate their own performances and • Mid Year Performance Rubric rhythms in compound meter: eighth, quarter, compare and contrast them to • Mid Year Skill Level VI Rubric dotted quarter, triplet notes/rests performances of others, both • Final Assessment -Solo individually and within a small group • Play and read in 4/4, 2/4, 3/4, 2/2, 6/8 time lesson. signatures • Perform dynamic levels of pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff • Identify aurally and visually the following intervals: P1, M3, P4, P5, and P8. • Identify all major key signatures. • Students assimilate the following terms and symbols into their vocabulary and performances: piano, mezzo piano, mezzo forte, forte, crescendo, decrescendo, treble clef, bass clef, alto clef, measure, repeat sign, double bar line, key signature, bow lift, up bow, down bow, tie, slur, staccato, plucking, bowing, hooked bow, double stops, detached pizzicato Common time, sharp, flat, natural, fermata, unison, divisi, fortissimo, diminuendo, accent, ritardando, tempo, a tempo, allegro, andante, moderato, coda, D.C. al fine, D.C. al coda, 1st and 2nd endings, D.S., tone, legato, arco, detache, martele, intonation, caesura, pianissimo, adagio, cantabile, interval, maestoso, dolce, arpeggio, spiccato, vibrato, tremolo, balance point, presto, portato, solo, soli, tutti, largo, trill, grace note, glissando, allegro moderato, meno mosso, piu mosso, sfzando, marcato, grand martele, retake, 1 measure repeat sign • Students will identify and perform the following terms and symbols: accelerando, agitato, allegretto, andantino, largo, leggiero, natural harmonic, pesante, phrase, poco a poco, rallentando, resonant tone, ringing tones, sempre, simile, sul ponticello, subito, tacet, marcato, espressivo, forte piano, tonic, and up bow retake, simple meter, compound meter • Play and memorize major scales and arpeggios within the Fairfield Level VI Skill Level listed range: C, D, G and F. • Read and play scales and arpeggios; major: Bb and Eb; minor: a, d and g; and chromatic. CREATING Conceiving and developing new artistic ideas and work. Enduring Understandings • Musicians’ creative choices are influenced by their expertise, context, and expressive intent. • Musicians evaluate, and refine their work through openness to new ideas, persistence, and the application of appropriate criteria. Essential Questions • How do musicians make creative decisions? • How do musicians improve the quality of their creative work? Process Components: Plan and Make, Evaluate and Refine Repertoire Tasks Assessment • Original rhythmic compositions. • Students will compose (plan and make), • Self-assessment checklist evaluate and refine as necessary an original • Peer evaluation of individual eight measure rhythmic composition in 4/4 compositions performed during time. The piece must utilize dotted rhythms, sectional or ensemble rehearsals syncopation and sixteenth notes and rests. • Composition Rubric PERFORMING Realizing artistic ideas and work through interpretation and presentation. Enduring Understanding • To express their musical ideas, musicians analyze, evaluate, and refine their performance over time through openness to new ideas, persistence, and the application of appropriate criteria. • Musicians judge performance based on criteria that vary across time, place and cultures. Essential Questions • How do musicians improve the quality of their performance? • When is a performance judged ready to present? Process Components: Analyze, Interpret, Rehearse, Evaluate, Refine, Present Repertoire Tasks Assessment Ensemble Ensemble Ensemble • The Fairfield Public Schools Orchestra Students will: • Formative rehearsal evaluation using Program follows a Repertoire Cycle. • Perform, from memory, C, D, G and F major district-wide ensemble rehearsal skills Concert and Symphonic Orchestras will scales and arpeggios. rubric. complete an in-depth study of and perform • Read and play A, E, Bb, Eb major and a, d, g • Ensemble improvement on targeted music from one block of the Repertoire minor scales and